Average Snowfall for Massachusetts in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities, communities and other locations around Massachusetts. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Cape Cod and Islands, Eastern, Central and Western Massachusetts.

Cape Cod and Islands

Average total snowfall in January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
3.6	Chatham	7.5	19.1
3.5	Edgartown	8.8	22.4
2.3	Hyannis	9.5	24.1

Eastern Massachusetts

January snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
6.6	Boston	14.3	36.3
2.2	Brockton	9.1	23.1
4.6	East Wareham	12.9	32.8
7.0	Great Blue Hill, Milton	18.2	46.2
5.8	Haverhill	16.2	41.1
7.6	Hingham	14.8	37.6
4.0	Marblehead	13.3	33.8
4.3	New Bedford	10.9	27.7
6.9	Newburyport	18.0	45.7
4.7	Plymouth	10.1	25.7
3.6	Taunton	8.3	21.1

Central Massachusetts

Average snow for January

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
5.6	Amherst	8.1	20.6
6.7	Barre Falls Reservoir Dam	13.6	34.5
4.1	Buffumville Lake	14.2	36.1
6.7	East Brimfield Lake	13.4	34.0
5.7	Tully Lake	14.3	36.3
7.5	Worcester	18.2	46.2

Western Massachusetts

January snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
13.0	Worthington	19.3	49.0